980 Area Code in North Carolina, United States

Description

Area code 980 is an overlay for area code 704 in the Charlotte metropolitan region of North Carolina. Introduced in 2001, it was the first overlay implemented in the state and required the adoption of ten-digit dialing in the region. It covers the same geographic area as 704, including cities like Charlotte, Gastonia, Concord, and Huntersville. As Charlotte continues to grow as a major banking and business hub, 980 helps accommodate the increasing demand for mobile and business lines. Though newer than 704, 980 is now a common sight in the region’s rapidly expanding urban and suburban communities.

Time & Time Zone

Time zone:

Eastern (GMT -05:00)

Current time:

Map

Major Cities

City	Prefixes
Charlotte	(980) 200 , (980) 202 , (980) 205 , (980) 207 , (980) 208 , (980) 209 , (980) 213 , (980) 216 , (980) 218 , (980) 219 , (980) 224 , (980) 225 , (980) 226 , (980) 228 , (980) 229 , (980) 230 , (980) 232 , (980) 233 , (980) 235 , (980) 236 , (980) 237 , (980) 249 , (980) 253 , (980) 254 , (980) 263 , (980) 265 , (980) 272 , (980) 275 , (980) 277 , (980) 297 , (980) 298 , (980) 307 , (980) 314 , (980) 318 , (980) 319 , (980) 321 , (980) 322 , (980) 333 , (980) 335 , (980) 343 , (980) 344 , (980) 345 , (980) 348 , (980) 355 , (980) 359 , (980) 365 , (980) 373 , (980) 386 , (980) 387 , (980) 388 , (980) 395 , (980) 406 , (980) 422 , (980) 428 , (980) 442 , (980) 475 , (980) 523 , (980) 598 , (980) 613 , (980) 636 , (980) 638 , (980) 683 , (980) 721 , (980) 722 , (980) 729 , (980) 776 , (980) 819 , (980) 833 , (980) 875 , (980) 939 , (980) 949
Concord	(980) 248 , (980) 255 , (980) 268 , (980) 521 , (980) 621 , (980) 622 , (980) 777 , (980) 781
Gastonia	(980) 238 , (980) 285 , (980) 320 , (980) 329 , (980) 522 , (980) 888 , (980) 989
Shelby	(980) 220 , (980) 295 , (980) 404 , (980) 487
Mecklenburg	(980) 231 , (980) 267 , (980) 938
Salisbury	(980) 234 , (980) 332 , (980) 643
Monroe	(980) 239 , (980) 313 , (980) 328
Matthews	(980) 245 , (980) 262 , (980) 339
Lincolnton	(980) 212 , (980) 241 , (980) 429
Harmony	(980) 379 , (980) 698
Statesville	(980) 223 , (980) 829
Albemarle	(980) 581 , (980) 734

Counties

County	Prefixes
Mecklenburg	(980) 200 , (980) 202 , (980) 205 , (980) 207 , (980) 208 , (980) 209 , (980) 213 , (980) 216 , (980) 218 , (980) 219 , (980) 224 , (980) 225 , (980) 226 , (980) 228 , (980) 229 , (980) 230 , (980) 231 , (980) 232 , (980) 233 , (980) 235 , (980) 236 , (980) 237 , (980) 249 , (980) 253 , (980) 254 , (980) 263 , (980) 265 , (980) 267 , (980) 272 , (980) 275 , (980) 277 , (980) 297 , (980) 298 , (980) 307 , (980) 314 , (980) 318 , (980) 319 , (980) 321 , (980) 322 , (980) 333 , (980) 335 , (980) 343 , (980) 344 , (980) 345 , (980) 348 , (980) 355 , (980) 359 , (980) 365 , (980) 373 , (980) 386 , (980) 387 , (980) 388 , (980) 395 , (980) 406 , (980) 422 , (980) 428 , (980) 442 , (980) 475 , (980) 523 , (980) 598 , (980) 613 , (980) 636 , (980) 638 , (980) 683 , (980) 721 , (980) 722 , (980) 729 , (980) 776 , (980) 819 , (980) 833 , (980) 875 , (980) 938 , (980) 939 , (980) 949
Gaston	(980) 238 , (980) 283 , (980) 285 , (980) 320 , (980) 329 , (980) 352 , (980) 494 , (980) 522 , (980) 533 , (980) 834 , (980) 888 , (980) 989
Cabarrus	(980) 248 , (980) 255 , (980) 258 , (980) 268 , (980) 432 , (980) 521 , (980) 621 , (980) 622 , (980) 777 , (980) 781 , (980) 922
Union	(980) 239 , (980) 245 , (980) 262 , (980) 313 , (980) 328 , (980) 339
Iredell	(980) 206 , (980) 223 , (980) 379 , (980) 698 , (980) 829
Cleveland	(980) 220 , (980) 292 , (980) 295 , (980) 404 , (980) 487
Lincoln	(980) 212 , (980) 222 , (980) 241 , (980) 247 , (980) 429
Stanly	(980) 227 , (980) 325 , (980) 354 , (980) 581 , (980) 734
Rowan	(980) 234 , (980) 332 , (980) 458 , (980) 643
Catawba	(980) 858
Anson	(980) 278

Telephone Carriers

Carrier	Type	Prefixes (%)
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel Tel	Landline	15%
Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless Nc	Wireless	13%
Sprint Spectrum L P	Wireless	11%
Suncom Dba T Mobile Usa	Wireless	11%
New Cingular Wireless Pcs Llc Ga	Wireless	9%
Bandwidth Com Clec Llc Nc	Landline	5%
Level 3 Communications Llc Nc	Landline	4%
Windstream Communications Inc Nc	Landline	4%
Peerless Network Of North Carolina Llc Nc	Landline	4%
Time Warner Cbl Info Svc Nc Dba Time Warner Cbl	Landline	3%
Sprint Communications Company L P Nc	Landline	2%
Sbc Internet Services Inc	Landline	2%
Intermedia Communications Inc Nc	Landline	1%
Net Talk Com Inc Nc	Landline	1%
South Carolina Net Inc Nc		1%
Windstream Concord Telephone Inc	Landline	1%
Us Lec Of North Carolina Inc	Landline	1%
Birch Communications Inc Nc	Landline	1%
Xo North Carolina Inc	Landline	1%
Time Warner Communications Axs Nc Charlotte	Landline	1%
Springboard Telecom Llc Nc	Landline	1%
Broadvox Clec Llc Nc	Landline	1%
Deltacom Inc Nc	Landline	1%
Qwest Communications Company Llc		1%
Windstream North Carolina Inc	Landline	1%
365 Wireless Llc	Wireless	1%
Cricket Communications Inc	Wireless	1%
Nuvox Communications	Landline	1%

Prefixes

Prefix	City	Carrier	Type
(980) 722	Charlotte	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 819	Charlotte	Intermedia Communications Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 523	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 721	Charlotte	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 227	Locust	Peerless Network of North Carolina, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 533	Bessemer City	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 313	Monroe	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 216	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 365	Charlotte	Intermedia Communications Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 406	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 254	Charlotte	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 989	Gastonia	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 207	Charlotte	Sprint Communications Company, L.p. - Nc	Landline
(980) 494	Stanley	Peerless Network of North Carolina, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 253	Charlotte	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 268	Concord	Time Warner Cbl Info Svc (nc) Dba Time Warner Cbl	Landline
(980) 200	Charlotte	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 829	Statesville	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 683	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 241	Lincolnton	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 249	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 776	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 263	Charlotte	Broadvox-clec, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 212	Lincolnton	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 237	Charlotte	Time Warner Cbl Info Svc (nc) Dba Time Warner Cbl	Landline
(980) 613	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 225	Charlotte	Xo North Carolina, Inc.	Landline
(980) 373	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 777	Concord	Peerless Network of North Carolina, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 295	Shelby	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 258	Harrisburg	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 277	Charlotte	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 432	Cabarrus
(980) 218	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 345	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 246
(980) 698	Harmony	Time Warner Cbl Info Svc (nc) Dba Time Warner Cbl	Landline
(980) 729	Charlotte	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 283	Belmont	Sbc Internet Services, Inc.	Landline
(980) 235	Charlotte	Windstream Communications, Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 205	Charlotte	Cricket Communications, Inc.	Wireless
(980) 220	Shelby	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 387	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 343	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 939	Charlotte	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Landline
(980) 272	Charlotte	Level 3 Communications, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 314	Charlotte	Level 3 Communications, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 328	Monroe	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 224	Charlotte	Sprint Communications Company, L.p. - Nc	Landline
(980) 386	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 226	Charlotte	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 622	Concord	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 339	Matthews	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 213	Charlotte	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 444		South Carolina Net, Inc. - Nc
(980) 636	Charlotte	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 949	Charlotte	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 938	Mecklenburg	Qwest Communications Company, Llc
(980) 643	Salisbury	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 344	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 219	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 428	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 379	Harmony	Sprint Communications Company, L.p. - Nc	Landline
(980) 202	Charlotte	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 320	Gastonia	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 329	Gastonia	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 234	Salisbury	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 332	Salisbury	Windstream North Carolina, Inc.	Landline
(980) 333	Charlotte	Deltacom, Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 278	Wadesboro	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 834	Gaston	Windstream Communications, Inc. - Nc
(980) 638	Charlotte	Net Talk.com, Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 359	Charlotte	Windstream Communications, Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 239	Monroe	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 247	Lincoln	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc
(980) 348	Charlotte	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 222	Denver	South Carolina Net, Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 208	Charlotte	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 229	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 262	Matthews	Windstream North Carolina, Inc.	Landline
(980) 598	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 781	Concord	Time Warner Cbl Info Svc (nc) Dba Time Warner Cbl	Landline
(980) 275	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 404	Shelby	Level 3 Communications, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 335	Charlotte	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 230	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 388	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 458	Cleveland	Us Lec of North Carolina, Inc.	Landline
(980) 267	Mecklenburg	Sprint Spectrum L.p.
(980) 429	Lincolnton	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 297	Charlotte	Springboard Telecom, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 352	Gaston	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc
(980) 292	Kings Mountain	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 521	Concord	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 307	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 888	Gastonia	Peerless Network of North Carolina, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 238	Gastonia	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 355	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 442	Charlotte	Windstream Communications, Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 487	Shelby	Time Warner Communications Axs - Nc - Charlotte	Landline
(980) 245	Matthews	Nuvox Communications	Landline
(980) 206	Troutman	Peerless Network of North Carolina, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 422	Charlotte	Xo North Carolina, Inc.	Landline
(980) 621	Concord	New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga	Wireless
(980) 833	Charlotte	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 228	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 319	Charlotte	365 Wireless, Llc	Wireless
(980) 236	Charlotte	Sbc Internet Services, Inc.	Landline
(980) 231	Mecklenburg	Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Nc
(980) 255	Concord	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 223	Statesville	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 318	Charlotte	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 922	Mount Pleasant	Windstream Concord Telephone Inc.	Landline
(980) 734	Albemarle	Windstream Concord Telephone Inc.	Landline
(980) 322	Charlotte	Level 3 Communications, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 522	Gastonia	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 395	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 298	Charlotte	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 354	Locust	Sbc Internet Services, Inc.	Landline
(980) 233	Charlotte	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 325	Norwood	Time Warner Cbl Info Svc (nc) Dba Time Warner Cbl	Landline
(980) 858	Newton	Level 3 Communications, Llc - Nc	Landline
(980) 209	Charlotte	Birch Communications, Inc. - Nc	Landline
(980) 248	Concord	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 875	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 232	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 475	Charlotte	Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Nc	Wireless
(980) 285	Gastonia	Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa	Wireless
(980) 321	Charlotte	Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba Southern Bell Tel & Tel	Landline
(980) 581	Albemarle	Sprint Spectrum L.p.	Wireless
(980) 265	Charlotte	Peerless Network of North Carolina, Llc - Nc	Landline